Help!!! Back up durning remodel

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09-11-05, 10:14 AM

belayme

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Help!!! Back up durning remodel

With the toilet off, the plywood floor exposed and the flange stuffed with a rag, the pipe backed up after the upstairs toilet was flushed and the dishwasher was running. Just a coincidence? We've been using the upstairs bathroom for a week now, with the downstairs toilet off and nothing has happened.

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Thanks...
Kevin

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09-11-05, 06:21 PM

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Sounds like you have a partial clog in the line somewhere. The two fixtures overloaded the pipe and it backed up. Lucky it wasn't the washing machine draining.

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09-12-05, 06:49 PM

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Thank you for your reply. That's all it was. Actually fixed itself. I put the new toilet on and went to go borrow a snake and it all unclogged itself.

BUT... now I have a new problem. Trying to tighten the nuts on the toilet bolts, one of the bolts keeps sliding over and popping up and off of the flange. Twice it's happened.

How do I keep that bolt in place?

Kevin

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09-12-05, 07:08 PM

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Once the bolt is placed in the flange slot it should not be able to turn. That is why the bolt head is made the way it is.

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09-12-05, 07:47 PM

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I thought I had it in there solidly, since what happened the first time I didn't want to happen again. But it did. I don't know if it is because there is a slight angle in the porcelain, so as I tighten the nut, the bolt starts sliding with the downward slope of the porcelain?

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09-13-05, 05:33 PM

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The slot in the flange should not allow the bolt to move out. The head on the bolt should wedge crosswise in the flange slot.

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09-13-05, 07:52 PM

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Bummer, it's happened twice. What if I put a screw next to the bolt to keep it from happening again? Your thoughts on that?

Thank you for all your help, I appreciate it. It sucks being on this end 'cause I know what's happening and can imagine what people are thinking and that I must be borderline insane, thinking, "No, it shouldn't being doing that"

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09-14-05, 05:46 PM

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Good idea. Screw would probably work. No insanity on your part. I have had problem flanges and they can be a real pain.

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09-14-05, 06:03 PM

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You being a moderator and saying that, makes me feel a little bit better. I'll give it a try and report back.

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